All Sky articles – Page 136

  • Strike Back
    News

    Sky's Strike Back sex cleared by Ofcom

    2011-12-05T11:27:00Z

    Three sex scenes shown shortly after the watershed in Sky1’s drama series, Strike Back: Project Dawn, have been cleared by broadcast regulator Ofcom.

  • Harriet Harman
    News

    Harman backs BBC's call for retrans fee reform

    2011-12-01T16:21:00Z

    Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has backed the BBC’s call for retransmission fees to be waived when it appears on BSkyB’s platform.

  • Lucy Lumsden
    Features

    Sky plans fresh comedy push

    2011-12-01T09:29:00Z

    Sky head of comedy Lucy Lumsden outlined ‘phase two’ of the satellite broadcasters’ push into the genre at the Broadcast Business Breakfast held at the Corinthia Hotel this week.

  • Bragg
    News

    Sky Arts resurrects South Bank Show

    2011-11-30T13:15:00Z

    Melvyn Bragg’s The South Bank Show is returning to TV for Sky Arts in 2012 after a three-year hiatus.

  • James Murdoch
    News

    Murdoch re-elected as Sky chairman

    2011-11-29T13:04:00Z

    James Murdoch, chairman of Sky, has been re-elected to the broadcaster’s board with a majority vote of 81% at the broadcaster’s AGM.

  • Harry Potter
    News

    Sky Movies launches on-demand via mobile

    2011-11-28T11:38:00Z

    Sky has made its Sky Movies channel available on-demand via its Sky Go mobile app.

  • F1
    News

    Sky to launch F1 channel

    2011-11-25T13:03:00Z

    Formula 1 is to be shown on a dedicated channel on Sky from March following the pay TV broadcaster’s swoop for the rights to the motorsport.

  • Shaun Ryder
    News

    Sky Arts' First Love to return

    2011-11-25T11:44:00Z

    Alastair Campbell, Shaun Ryder and Carl Cox are among the celebrities who will feature in the second series of Sky Arts’ First Love series.

  • News

    Eamonn Holmes signs three-year Sky deal

    2011-11-24T15:59:00Z

    Sunrise anchor Eamonn Holmes has signed a three year deal with Sky News putting an end to speculation he may be poached by ITV.

  • sky_3d.jpg
    News

    Nutopia producer Handford jumps ship for Sky

    2011-11-24T09:32:00Z

    Sky has appointed Nutopia producer Clare Handford as commissioning editor of factual to oversee existing shows and hunt for new commissions.

  • Mad Dogs
    News

    Sky 1’s Mad Dogs to become Cats

    2011-11-24T09:14:00Z

    Sky 1 is on the brink of turning blokey drama Mad Dogs into one for the ladies - Mad Cats.

  • Sky News
    News

    Sky News reporters emails checked for breaches

    2011-11-21T11:33:00Z

    Sky News has called in legal advisers to check the emails of its most senior journalists in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed News International.

  • James Murdoch
    News

    BSkyB board backs James Murdoch

    2011-11-11T15:24:00Z

    BSkyB’s management board has leapt to the defence of James Murdoch after the company’s chairman faced a barrage of criticism in recent days over the phone hacking scandal.

  • retransmission
    Comment

    Sky: Bectu's argument is "bizarre"

    2011-11-11T12:52:00Z

    Earlier this week, Bectu branded retransmission fees “a scandal” and claimed Sky’s practices hindered others. Graham McWilliam, group director of corporate affairs, rebuts that claim.

  • Alan Partridge
    News

    Sky set to land Partridge series

    2011-11-10T08:57:00Z

    Sky Atlantic is set to acquire Steve Coogan’s online series Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters and is also in talks with the comedian about other non-Partridge projects.

  • Duncan Gray
    News

    Gray to swap Sky crown for Princess

    2011-11-10T08:47:00Z

    Sky head of entertainment Duncan Gray is to join Princess Productions to spearhead a push on comedy and entertainment.

  • retransmission
    News

    Bectu: retransmission fees are a scandal

    2011-11-09T16:53:00Z

    Bectu has waded into the retransmission fees row, slamming the current scenario in which PSBs pay BSkyB to appear on the platform as scandalous.

  • BBC iPlayer
    News

    BBC may open up on-demand content

    2011-11-09T13:38:00Z

    The BBC has revised its syndication policy to make it more flexible for people to access iPlayer, opening up the possibility it could appear on premium platforms such as Sky.

  • Sky Go
    News

    Sky Go passes 100m views

    2011-10-28T12:58:00Z

    Sky Go has served more than 100 million content views since it launched in July, with the average number per month approaching that achieved by Channel 4’s 4oD.

  • Jeremy Darroch
    News

    Sky's Darroch paid £2.7m as profits hit £1bn

    2011-10-28T12:53:00Z

    Sky’s chief executive officer Jeremy Darroch is on track to take home a basic salary of £935,000 next year, having earned £2.7m including bonuses this year.